6H:Time for another chapter!
Anaretsu: Great.
6H: Come on! It's bound to be fun! Our heros will finally find Castle Chocobo.
Kingdom Hearts-Adventures of Castle Chocobo
Floor 02-The Endless Field
She skecthed lightly with her pencil on the sketchpad, drawing the lines and curves so gently. The sounds of her work were the only sounds in the big empty room. She placed her drawing down on the table-it was a sinister looking castle. She smiled briefly at her work, but then, someone opened to door of her prison.
"Well well, hard at work already?" The figure asked. He wore a long black cloak and kept his hood up, to hide his face.
"Yes." she replied.
"Good. He's coming soon. You know what I expect." he said. She nodded.
"DAMN IT!" Cedeile yelled at the top of her lungs. "THIS FIELD GOES ON FOREVER!"
"Would you shut your mouth, stupid?" Ryu yelled back at her.
"We've been walking for three days and we've seen nothing but open fields and TREES!" she yelled back at him.
"Calm down, Cedeile. This path has to go somewhere. I'm sure we'll find that place soon." Aru said. "For now, we just have to follow it."
"But we don't even know if we're going in the right direction! That signal we last had has been gone for awhile now, and we have no idea where Ansem could've taken Silvia! They could be anywhere by now."
"That's why we have to keep walking. We'll get closer to them eventually." Ryu said.
"And when we find him?" Aru asked.
"That's the tricky part. We're most likely going to have to fight him. By now, he could be even stronger than last time." Ryu recalled their bruttle last battle with their foe.
"But can we defeat him without Sora?" Cedeile asked.
"We'll have to. We have to get Silvia back." Ryu said. "Even if we do it alone."
"Fine then." Cedeile said. "But we've gotta find that signal again. Ryu, check the radar!"
"Whatever." He took out the brown piece of equipment and they all looked at it's screen. The was nothing-no signal, no anything. Suddenly, the beeping started again, the signal was straight ahead of them.
"Oh yeah!" Cedeile said. "I'm amazing, aren't I?"
"Celebrate later!" Aru called, running ahead of them."Let's get that signal!"
"All right!" Cedeile yelled, catching up to her. Ryu followed, and they ran over the hill and down the path as it sloped along the green field. Cedeile had caught and passed Aru, and she found herself laughing, feeling like she was a little kid again. She closed her eyes and and if she listened hard enough...she could hear the call of the seagulls and the crashing of the waves onto shore, and the breeze in the palm trees.
She was home again, if only in her mind.
"Catch me if you can, guys!" Cedeile yelled, her shoulder length black hair swinging out behind her. Sora and Riku followed, only a little ways behind, seeming to be competeing more with each other than with Cedeile. But she didn't mind so much-it was still fun.
"This time, Riku! This time I'll get you!"
"Yeah right!" Cedeile didn't know how far they had been going, but soon they were far away from the other kids, and up on the rocks that overlooked the ocean. Nestled near the cliff was the paopu tree- the wind getnly shaking it's branches. Cedeile watched it as the two boys went further on ahead. She thought she saw someone up in the branches as she approached it, someone looking down at her from above. She looked up to see a figure of a teenage girl looking down at her.
"Hi there." Cedeile said. The girl smiled back at her, her dark emerald eyes sparkleing like stars. "Hey! You have the same color eyes as me!"
"AHHH!"
"SORA, NO!" Riku yelled out from above. Cedeile looked up and saw Sora slip off the top of the cliff.
"Sora!" Cedeile yelled. She ran to the edge of the rock and jumped up into the air. Suddenly she was flying like she never had before. She reached out her arms and felt Sora fall into them. Then the both of them started falling without control, but Cedeile braced herself for the fall and it came, but not as hard as she expected it to. When she opened her eyes again-she hadn't even realized she closed them- she was standing on her feet, completely alright. Sora climbed down to the ground out of her arms and looked at her oddly.
"How did you do that, Cedeile?" She imediatly looked back to the paopu tree for the girl, but she was gone. "Cedeile?"
"I don't know...I guess it's just..."she turned to him and then put on a cocky grin. "A talent of mine!" she replied, pretending everything was okay. But she herself wanted to know how she did that.
Somehow, the atmosphere had changed around them, even though it was still sunny out in the field. Cedeile, Ryu, and Aru came to a halt in front of a huge, white castle that spiraled around itself and went upward quite a long way. The sky above it was slightly darker, like a peaceful night. A foreboding wind blew around them, warning them to go back.
"What do we do now?" Cedeile asked.
"I don't like the look of this place." Ryu said.
"There's a strange aura on it. It's not darkness or light...and not dark either. What is it?" Aru asked, shivering.
'It's not quite In-between, either.' Hikari Tagami said in Aru's head.
'Do you know what this place is?' Aru asked her.
'No...but I'd say to avoid it. I do not like this aura.' Aru turned to the others.
"Hikari Tagami says that we shouldn't enter." She relayed to them.
"Then we're going in!" Cedeile said.
"Are you insane?" Ryu asked. "WE COULD GET KILLED IN THERE!"
"We could get killed anywhere. Do you know how many near death scrapes we've had already? Must I remind you of Book City's bloodbath?" Cedeile retorted. They all turned back to the huge, golden doors with twisted black lines on them.
"I give up. Besides, the signal is coming from within, isn't it?" Ryu said, looking at the radar. "Let's go."
"Right." Cedeile replied. The three of them pulled open the door and slipped inside the strange palace.
Within was a huge entrance hall that reminded them of the Gizmo Shop back in Traverse Town. Before them was a huge golden throne, sitting not quite in the middle of the room. Behind it was a gold staircase that led upstairs. Around the second floor of the entrance hall was a terace that wrapped around three quarters of the room. Elegant columns held up the floor above the teraces, with angels carved in them. The railings were a dark pink color with golden spindals. The floor was a mosiac of rose and golden colors, broken into small, rounded, stain glass like pieces. The design of the floor seemed to be giant overlapping circles. It was deadly quiet in here. Not a sound echoed off the light rose walls. They walked out from under the protection of the large doorway and overhang to find themeselves in the heart of the room. Above them hung a massive, crystal chandelier.
"Whoa. Nice digs." Cedeile said quietly.
"I wonder who this place belongs to." Ryu pondered to himself.
"Is this a trap made by Ansem?" Aru asked.
'I wouldn't doubt it, but it is a bit flashy.' Hikari said in Aru's mind.
"Welcome." A voice said to them. It seemed to echo in the room, even though theirs didn't. Suddenly, there was a person on the throne, though they were covered by a crimson, tattered cape. The person lifted the cape off their body, revealing armor, hands with metal claws and thick gloves, spiky blonde hair, a single black wing, stirking blue eyes, and a small gold crown, tilting at a starnge angle off his head.
"Who are you?" Cedeile asked.
"Wait a mintue! I know you!" Ryu yelled. The man smirked.
"Really, now?"
"Yes. After that fight Cedeile and Sepiroth had, you came out and talked to me. But I don't know your name."
"Yes. I never told you, did I? Well, I am the king of this castle. King Cloud is my name."
6H: Holy HELL! What is Cloud doing at Castle Chocobo? WHAT IS Castle Chocobo? Who's the girl in the tree? Well, that part you won't find out about till KH2.
Anaretsu: I'm sure you've made them all disapointed.
6H: I hope so. I love my power as an author!
